Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary School: Year 2: Blog items

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 1:21pm

To finish off our Science topic on 'Uses of Materials', we have investigated the strength of a shopping bag. We tested four different materials - cotton, paper, recycled mixed fabric and plastic. We added weights to each bag to see which could hold the most without stretching and ripping. We found the cotton bag to be the best because it didn't stretch or rip.

Maths 10.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:51pm

In maths, we have been recapping the strategies we have learned for multiplication. We used repeated addition to add together equal groups and we created arrays to represent multiplication questions pictorially in an organised way.

Geography 9.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:49pm

In geography, we looked at the physical process of erosion and how this can change the coastlines around the UK. We created our own simple demonstration to show how it happens and then wrote about everything we had learned.

Computing 8.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:48pm

In computing, the children became data detectives and used a given binary tree on the iPads to work out the names of each of the school characters on their sheet. The children had to read and answer a range of yes and no questions correctly to find the necessary information.

Geography 6.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:46pm

The children have been looking at the coastal town of Whitby on a map. They have used the symbols and the key to identify the human and physical features shown on the map. Then they wrote sentences about the different features shown to explain where their location is compared to other items on the map using the compass directions.

English 3.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:35pm

In English, we have written a recount of the story Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers in the role of the boy from the story. We tried to write in the first person using the past tense consistently and adding adverbs to enhance our sentences.

Maths 3.2.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:33pm

In maths, we have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones to make it easier to add and subtract two 2-digit numbers.

RE 27.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:26pm

In RE, we looked at the story of the 10 lepers and the miracle that Jesus performed when he healed them. We looked at the importance of taking the time to say thank you and wrote thank you letters in the role of the leper who did go back to thank Jesus.

Maths 27.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:25pm

In maths, we have been using the base ten equipment to subtract across a whole ten. The children have been practicing exchanging one of their tens for ten ones in order to take away the number required.

Read Write Inc. 26.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 12:20pm

In RWI, we have written a non-chronological report about how to look after them if someone new had to look after them over night.

Geography 24.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:59am

In geography, the children have been looking at the four main directions on a compass. They have been working out which direction they would be travelling in if they went from one coastal town in the UK to another.

Geography 20.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:55am

In geography, the children have been identifying human and physical features that are common to coastal locations as an introduction to our topic for the spring term of Coastline.

Computing 18.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:48am

The children have been interpreting data displayed in a block graph to find out the information needed to answer questions and summarise the data shown in a joint computing and maths lesson.

DT 12.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:31am

Then we finished all our preparation by tasting the meal we had made and evaluating the nutrition and taste to decide if our meal should be added to the school lunch menu or not.

DT 12.1.23, by Mrs Chidgey

Date: 26th Feb 2023 @ 11:30am

The children have enjoyed completing the DT unit on Remarkable Recipes this week. We have looked at the correct utensils to use to carry out specific tasks in food preparation as well as practicing our copping, cutting, slicing, grating, mashing and stirring skills.